06-07-2009, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jerseygrl684
Hello, I made a general statement. Call off the dogs for about 2 mins of your life please.
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First of all Jersey....I don't have "dogs".
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Originally Posted by jerseygrl684
No, I wasnt happy when my insurance company put me through hell to get all my requirements, then denied me, then tacked on 6 months of dietary requirements. Guess what though, they are an insurance company... they can do it.
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Yes, they can. But were you NOT upset about their decisions?
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Originally Posted by jerseygrl684
I'm not a doctor, nor do i play one on tv, but there are some of us here who were not in medical danger to die in the next year. Therefore it wasnt a necessity, it was something we felt we needed to lose the weight to help the co-morbidities. If I didn't qualify through my insurance company and didn't win my appeals, I would have probably tried to fund it myself or wait. I haven't been in that position, so I don't know.
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So, you would have been good without surgery, even though you qualified for surgery..without your insurance company paying? To have t pay for WLS out-of-pocket, is a lot of money to come up with. But when you qualify with your insurance company and you have met all THEIR requirements, they should pay for your surgery. You pay your monthly payments to your insurance company...don't you?
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Originally Posted by jerseygrl684
But, WLS is becoming way more common nowadays... not that it is a quick fix, but it went from something so taboo about 5 yrs ago, to something so widely talked about and even advertised on a billboard. I don't blame the insurance companies for making their bmi requirement higher, they are tryin to save themselves money too.
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It is common, I agree. But in the long run the insurance companies are going to SAVE money by paying for WLS (if their requirements are met). Come on, they are going to SAVE a lot of money on all of the Pharmaceuticals as well as surgeries/heart attacks and more that WLS could prevented in the beginning. |
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